Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy by Eri Hotta
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The extraordinary story of the blind stumble of Japan’s government and military into its disastrous war with the US during World War II. I had no idea how easily this could have been averted, and how many people at the top of Japan’s leadership were aware of the likely disastrous outcome. A fascinating and tragic account of institutional and collective decision making gone horribly wrong.